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Twitter Awareness At 92%, But Usage Just A Fraction Of That

New research suggests that most Americans are well aware of Twitter … they’re just not using it.

According to an Edison Research/Arbitron study, Twitter awareness in the U.S. among people 12 years old and older is at 92% — that’s up from 87% a year ago.

But adoption is a different story; the Edison/Arbitron study estimates Twitter usage at 8% of all Americans 12 and older. That number matches the Pew research a few months ago that pegged Twitter usage at 8% of all US Internet users.

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